is the term used to refer to the ailments (headache, chills, body pains, malaise, dizziness, muscle weakness and in some it is blindness).
Bughat or Binat
Is a filipino superstition that attributes an illness to the greeting of a stranger, a child develops a fever, the stranger is sought after and asked to touch lightly his or her saliva on the child’s forehead, chest or abdomen.
USOG
are often used interchangeably with traditional medicine in some countries.
Complementary /alternative medicine (CAM)
refers to the long historical use of these medicines.
Traditionaluse of herbal medicines
refers to the successful prevention, diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental illnesses.
Therapeutic activity
refers to ingredient of herbal medicines with therapeutic activity.
Active ingredient
It means that everyone has the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, which includes access to all medical services, sanitation, adequate food, decent housing, healthy working conditions and a clean environment.
HEALTH AS HUMAN RIGHT
Access to health care must be universal, guaranted for all on an equitable basis.
Universal Access
They must respect medical ethics and protect confidentiality.
Acceptability and Dignity
All health care must be medically appropriate and of good quality guided by quality standards and control mechanisms
Quality
everyone must have access to equal high-quality and comprehensive health care.
Universality
resources and services must be distributed and accessed according to peoples needs. We get what we need and give what we can.
Equity
SYSTEM OF DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND HEALING
traditional medicine, herbal medicine, traditional use of herbal medicines, therapeutic activity, active ingredient
The design of a health care system must be guided by the following key human rights standards.
universal access, availability, acceptability and dignity, quality
The human right to health also entails the following procedural principles, which apply to all human rights: